Elena Jane Goulding was born on 30 December 1986 in Hereford, and was brought up in the small village of Lyonshall, in Herefordshire. She began playing the clarinet at age nine and learning guitar at age 14, and a year later she was writing songs. After enrolling on a degree in Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Kent and remaining until her final year, she met Jamie Lillywhite, who became her manager, and introduced her to the producer Starsmith, who would become her chief collaborator. She signed to Polydor Records in July 2009, although her debut single, 'Under The Sheets', was released through the independent label Neon Gold Records, appearing digitally in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2009. Before the release of her debut album, she won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, which showcases the music industry's top choices for rising stars, and she also won the Critics' Choice Award at the 2010 Brit Awards, making her only the second artist to win both in the same year. Her songs from this time were recorded by artists such as Gabriella Cilmi, Diana Vickers, and German singer Lena, and she was featured on rapper Tinie Tempah's single 'Wonderman' in 2010. Her debut album 'Lights' was released in March 2010, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, spawning three Top 30 singles, and in November 2010, it was re-released as 'Bright Lights', with six new tracks added. It was originally announced that the lead single from 'Bright Lights' would be a new edit of the title track, with a release scheduled for 1 November 2010, but this plan was ultimately scrapped when her cover of Elton John's 'Your Song' was released in conjunction with the John Lewis Christmas advert in the UK in 2010, reaching No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. As she had been writing songs for some years before recording her first album, it's no surprise that there were a number of demo's and out-takes from the sessions, and so here is another album's worth of music from 2010, showing just how prolific she was even in the early days of her career.
Track listing
01 You Changed Everything
02 Four Love Songs
03 Slow Down
04 Who'd Want To Find Love
05 We Were Friends
06 Are You Happy Now
07 Too Much Love
08 Fly
09 It Must Be Me
10 Emergency
11 Not Following You
12 You & Me
13 Nobody's Crying
The version I downloaded is different, it's 13 tracks instead of 14, and the missing track (I believe) is "Forgotten Fields"
ReplyDeleteThat was another last minute change, as I didn't feel the track really fitted, but once again forgot to update the track listing. I shall have to be more careful!
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